Developing Global Mobility for the most Disadvantaged Students: Practical Engagement with Wider School Communities Dr Helen Wright

Overview Background to concept Hurdles: what schools do well and what they don’t What does school community look like The importance of audit (and auditing the right thing) Practical programmes Next steps

Social mobility: the ability to have choices, regardless of background Global mobility: international preparedness; the ability to feel comfortable and confident in any situation, anywhere

What hurdles get in the way of global mobility? Attitudes and experiences … … of parents and families … prevalent in society … of teachers Psychological Digital Linguistic Cultural Social Skills Technological connections Costs Opportunities Practical

What Schools do well (or not) 5. International community 4. National community 3. Local community 2. School community 1.The individual young person √ Curriculum and international intention X Pathways to the international X Role models X Use of their communities

Audit (Version 1) How well does our school do in each of these areas?   Audit (Version 1)   How well does our school do in each of these areas? What do we do? What could we do? Awareness: developing awareness of social and global mobility Action: practical skills development and/or action to develop social and global mobility What do we do? What could we do? Sphere 1: the individual young person Sphere 2: the school community Sphere 3: the local community Sphere 4: the national community Sphere 5: the international community

Audit (Version 2) LEVEL 1 (International Awareness) LEVEL 2 (International Relationships) LEVEL 3 (International Partnerships) K 1-5 examples 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Alumni Audit (Version 2)

What are schools doing? Developing a Skype partnership with an international school or schools and co-developing a shared curriculum Enlisting the help of parents and alumni – who do they know (and where in the world) who can help you create work experience Making the drive for global mobility visible to all Developing an extensive and sustained work experience programme with businesses who sell over the internet Workplace visits for KG children – learning to appreciate the wider community from an early age. Emphasising digital literacy skills as a means to connect globally Reaching out to local, national and international universities and exploring joint projects.

Next Steps Continue spreading an understanding of the concept Refine the audit tool and process Evaluate the effectiveness of individual programmes and overall impact of emphasis on global mobility (school-led) Detailed case studies (stories)

Discussion To what extent does this concept resonate in your context, or contexts you have engaged with? Story-telling – what have you seen? Imagination and Ideas – why don’t we …?

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